Epson DFX-5000 Product Information Guide v2

DFX-5000 DOT - MATRIX PRINTER

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Printable area: Continuous paper 4 to 16 inches (101 to 406.4mm)

left margin 0.51 to 1.22 in

right margin 0.51 in

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Paper thickness: Front--up to 0.018 inches (0.46 mm) Rear-up to 0.012 inches (0.30 mm)

Printer Specifications Number of copies:

Printing method: 9-pin Impact dot matrix

Printing speed:

Printing direction: Bidirectional logic seeking for text printing. Unidirectional for graphics (can also be switched to bidirectional by using the proper software command).

Line spacing:

Printable columns:

1/6-inch, 1/8-inch, or programmable increments of 1/216th of an inch

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With continuous, multi-part paper only: Front-one original plus up to five copies, maximum thickness of 0.018 inches (0.46mm) Rear-one original plus up to three copies, maximum thickness of 0.012 inches (0.30mm)

Mechanical

Ribbon:

MCBF:

MTBF:

Print head life:

Dimensions and weight:

Cartridge ribbon, available in black only (#8766). Do not use ribbons for 24-pin printers. Life expectancy (in draft characters, at 14 dot/character): 15 million characters

For all components excluding print head: 13,500,000 lines

6000 power-on hours

200 million characters at 14 dots per character

Height: 14.5 Inches (367mm) Width: 26.8 inches (680mm) Depth: 15.0 inches (382.5mm) Weight: approx. 65 lbs. (30kg)

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Setting the DIP Switches

The following tables show the settings for each DIP switch. The shaded boxes show the default or factory settings. See the page numbers listed on the right for more Information about each feature.

Voltage: 120 VAC 10% 220 VAC 10% 240 VAC 10%

Switch Description ON Power consumption:

Frequency:

600 watts maximum

49.5 to 60.5 Hz Condensed mode on/off Slashed zero on/off Character table Input buffer NLQ or draft mode

Condensed Normal 3-12 Slashed Not slashed 3-13 Graphics Italics 3-13 OFF ON 3-15 NLQ Draft 3-15

International character set See table below

Temperature: Operation: 41F to 95F (5C to 35C)

Storage: -22F to 150F (-30C to 65C) Switch Description ON OFF Page

2-1 Page length 12 inches 11 inches 3-17

2-2 Draft printing speed Normal High 3-17

2-3 Skip Over perforation ON OFF 3-18 2-4 Auto line feed ON OFF 3-18

2-5 Interface t y p e / p a r i t y See table below 3-19

Humidity: Operation. 10% to 80% RH without condensation

Storage: 5% to 85% RH without condensation

Baud rate See table below 3-19

Shock:

Vibration:

Operation: Up to 1 G within 1 ms Storage: Up to 2 G within 1 ms

Operation: Up to .025 G at up to 55 Hz

Storage: Up to 0.50 G at up to 55 Hz

Interface type Parallel Serial

Serial Serial

Parity Switch 2-5 Switch 2-6 OFF OFF

Odd OFF O N Even ON None O N

O F F O NI International Character Sets I

International character sets contain the characters and symbols used in other languages. To select the desired international character set, set switches 1-6, l-7, and 1-8, according to the DIP switch table on page 3-11. The character set you select then becomes the default character set. The following table shows the characters that differ in each international character set.

International character sets

Master Select table

Feature Dec. Hex. 10 CPI 0 00 12 cpi 1 01 proportional 2 02 condensed 4 04 emphasized 8 08 double-strike 16 10 double-wide 32 20 Italics 64 40 underline 128 80

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Commands in Numerical Order ESC T ESC U

I I ESC W

ASCII

BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO ESC SO SI ESC SI DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 CAN ESC SP ESC ! ESC # ESC $ ESC % ESC & ESC E S C ESC / ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 2 ESC 3 ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC 6 ESC 7 ESC : ESC < ESC = ESC > ESC ? ESC @ ESC A ESC B ESC C ESC CO ESC D ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC I ESC J ESC K ESC L ESC M ESC N ESC 0 ESC P ESC Q ESC R ESC S0 ESC S1

D e c Hex Description

7 07 Beeper 8 08 Backspace 9 09 Tab horizontally

10 0A Line feed 1 1 0B Tab vertically 12 O C Form feed 13 OD Carriage return 14 OE Select double-wide (1 line) 14 OE Select double-wide (1 line) 15 OF Select condensed mode 15 OF Select condensed mode 17 11 Select printer 18 12 Cancel condensed mode 19 13 Deselect printer 20 14 Cancel double-wide (1 line) 24 18 Cancel line 32 20 Set intercharacter space 33 21 Master Select 35 23 Cancel MSB control 36 24 Set absolute print position 37 25 Select user-defined set 38 26 Define user-defined characters 42 2 A Select graphics mode 45 2D Turn underlining on/off 47 2F Select vertical tab channel 4x 30 Select l/X-Inch line spacing 4, 3 1 Select 7/72-Inch line spacing 50 32 Select 1 /h-tnch line spacing 51 33 Select n/216-inch hne spacing 52 34 Select Italic mode i3 3s Cancel italic mode 54 36 Printable code area expansion 55 37 Cancel ESC 6 58 ?A Copy ROM into RAM 60 3C Unidirectional mode (1 line) 61 3D Set MSB to 0 62 3E Set MSB to 1 63 3F Reassign graphics mode h4 40 Initialize printer 65 41 Select n/72-inch line spacing hh 42 Set vertical tabs 67 43 Set page length in lines 67 43 Set page length in inches 68 44 Set horizontal tabs 69 45 Select emphasized mode 70 46 Cancel emphasized mode 71 47 Select double-strike mode 72 48 Cancel double-strike mode 73 49 Printable code area expansion 74 4A Perform n/216-inch line feed 75 48 Select single-density graphics 76 4C Select double-density graphics 77 4D Select 12 cpi 78 4E Set skip over perforation 79 4F Cancel skip over perforation 80 50 Select 10 cpi 81 5 1 Set right margin 82 52 International character set 83 53 Select superscript mode 83 53 Select subscript mode

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8-11 8-20 8-21 8-14 8-17 8-13 8-12 8-27 8-28 8-26 8-27 8-8 8-27 8-9 8-28 8-12 8-33 8-24 8-11 8-20 8-35 8-34 8-38 8-31 8-18 8-15 8-15 8-15 8- l6 8-31 8-32 8-36 8-36 8-35 8-9 8-10 8-11 8-39 8-8 8-16 8-17 8-13 8-14 8-22 8-29 8-29 8-29 8-30 8-36 8-16 8-37 8-37 8-25 8-14 8-14 8-25 8-19 8-34 8-30 8-30

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ESC Y ESC Z ESC \ ESC A ESC a ESC b ESC k ESC 1 ESC p ESC t ESC x DEL

84 54 Cancel superscript/ subscript 8-31 85 55 Turn unidirectional mode on/off 8-10 87 57 Turn double-wide on/off 8-28 89 59 High-speed dbl-density graphics 8-37 90 5A Quadruple-density graphics 8-38 92 5C Set relative position 8-21 94 5E Select Y-pin graphics 8-39 97 61 Select justification 8-32 98 62 Set vertical tabs in channels 8-18

107 6B Select NLQ font 8-23 108 6C Set left margin 8-19 112 70 Turn proportional mode on/off 8-26 116 74 Select character table 8-33 120 78 Select NLQ or draft 8-22 127 7F Delete character 8-12

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Installation/Support Tips

Physical Installation

The DFX-5000 printer is a very easy printer to set up, but

due to the fact that it is a very high -speed machine, special

care must be taken to ensure that a proper paper path is

established. Epson printer stand model 8501 -A is specially

designed to accommodate the printer, and its use is

recommended but not required. This stand provides a catch

bin and a paper supply shelf large enough to hold paper for

both the front and rear tractors, as well as detents, which

hold the printer securely in place.

If this stand is not used, make sure that the paper supply to

both tractors is properly aligned (no skewing to either side)

and that the paper exiting does not interfere with the rear

paper supply. Also ensure that the power and interface

cables are routed away from both incoming and exiting

paper.

Software Installation

The DFX-5000 is code -compatible with the Epson FX

printer series, and therefore it will perform properly with

virtually all popular software. Most software provides Epson

FX printer support, but programs that do not have an FX

driver should work properly if LX, RX, MX, or Epson drivers

are selected.

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Information Reference List

Engineering Change Notices

DFX - 5000 DOT - MATRIX PRINTER

DFX-5000-001 9/29/88 Version DX0383 to Version DX0685 EPROM upgrade; improved serial port operation, added beep to confirm modes selected via the front panel.

Related Documentation

M - TM - DFX5000 DFX-5000 Technical Manual

Y475991010 DFX - 5000 Users Manual

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